To make the costume base look more like a lion I started by wrapping some dark brown yarn around my hand to sew to the feet and arm holes. After I finished that I cut the ends of the yarn so the loops were gone.

Next I worked on the tale. I started by taking some brown, yellow, and orange yarn to make a longer puff. I taped the base of the puff so no strands were in the way. I took a long rectangle 3 or 4 inches wide and folded it in half. I sewed from one long end towards the other, before getting too close to the other I put the puff inside with a little of the edge sticking out the short end and finished sewing around. When I got to the short end I sewed across 2 or 4 times to make sure I sewed the puff in nice and tight. After the tail is finished, sew it onto the back of the costume.